Avengers: Endgame thoughts
Apr. 27th, 2019 10:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ms_minervaI just got back from a 7am screening (you know you're an adult when you choose a 7am screening over a 2am one).
I was surprisingly satisfied by this movie. For the most part, I really enjoyed it! Captain America and Iron Man got the best possible endings for their characters (Steve going back in time and living the life he should have, Tony dying in a really satisfying sacrificial way--maybe I'm a masochist but I enjoyed that).
However! Once again, Black Widow was completely screwed over! She sacrificed herself before the midpoint to save Hawkeye, taking her out of the action of the rest of the film. If they really wanted her to do a sacrifice move, couldn't they have done it later on? And then, she never gets a proper send-off or memorial the way Iron Man does. Even if they had just included a floating wreath at Tony's funeral service to honor her along with him that would have resolved it. All of the heroes of the MCU are there to honor Tony and his sacrifice--shouldn't they honor her as well? Would that have taken so much effort??
A lesser issue I had was Thor's character arc. He grew a lot during Thor: Ragnarok and I was really looking forward to his reign as king. I was so excited when New Asgard was introduced, but then they revealed that he's been slacking off and drinking away his troubles while Valkyrie actually runs everything. They acknowledge his trauma throughout the movie and issues dealing with it (he has a good time travel heart-to-heart with his mom), but it still felt disappointing to me after Ragnarok. He's been reduced into being primarily comic relief again. Him joining the Guardians of the Galaxy and leaving Valkyrie as the ruler was still a good ending though, I think.
Little thing that made me really happy: Captain Marvel getting her pixie cut (although I wish it had been the undercut version--still, I'm happy)
I was surprisingly satisfied by this movie. For the most part, I really enjoyed it! Captain America and Iron Man got the best possible endings for their characters (Steve going back in time and living the life he should have, Tony dying in a really satisfying sacrificial way--maybe I'm a masochist but I enjoyed that).
However! Once again, Black Widow was completely screwed over! She sacrificed herself before the midpoint to save Hawkeye, taking her out of the action of the rest of the film. If they really wanted her to do a sacrifice move, couldn't they have done it later on? And then, she never gets a proper send-off or memorial the way Iron Man does. Even if they had just included a floating wreath at Tony's funeral service to honor her along with him that would have resolved it. All of the heroes of the MCU are there to honor Tony and his sacrifice--shouldn't they honor her as well? Would that have taken so much effort??
A lesser issue I had was Thor's character arc. He grew a lot during Thor: Ragnarok and I was really looking forward to his reign as king. I was so excited when New Asgard was introduced, but then they revealed that he's been slacking off and drinking away his troubles while Valkyrie actually runs everything. They acknowledge his trauma throughout the movie and issues dealing with it (he has a good time travel heart-to-heart with his mom), but it still felt disappointing to me after Ragnarok. He's been reduced into being primarily comic relief again. Him joining the Guardians of the Galaxy and leaving Valkyrie as the ruler was still a good ending though, I think.
Little thing that made me really happy: Captain Marvel getting her pixie cut (although I wish it had been the undercut version--still, I'm happy)